Chris, where did you see that? That directly contradicts everything that I
have seen out of Berkley research, which does make that statement about
Muskie. Bass do possess both rods and cones, and I believe you may be in
error here. From what I have seen, Berkley has always maintained that bass
are able to recognize blue into rather extreme depths.

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
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Da Chief wrote:
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Da Chief wrote:

Anybody fish Eufaula regularly? I know that the only color worm ever to
be used is green pumpkin(with & without chartreuse tail) and the only
spinnerbait to be used is white (with and without chartreuse mingled in
the skirt), but I'd still like to ask what the best color is for this
lake. So how about them opinions?

The late Tom Mann was speaking of Eufaula when he told me, "You'll catch
'em on any color worm you own here, as long as you only own blue worms."
Of course that was in 1977, so maybe the fish have forgotten how to bite
blue in the interim. But when I was there again nearly 25 years ago, I
fished with one of them 'local hero' types, and he used nothing but
black/blue fleck powerworms. That was late summer, and I schooled him
using a heavy jig in deep water. Black with a brown and blue plastic
chunk.

I'm not certain if it's the same story but if so then I believe he
suggested
the blue worm because that's what he was making while others did not.
Not
only was he a great fishermen, he was also a savy salesman because he
knew
his clients well. Kinda like the oldage- "takes one to know one".
Berkley research has shown that LM bass do not have Cones sensitive to
blue light. They do see Reds & greens which lead one to believe on how
they see blue depending on how dark the blue is , it just sees either a
light contrast or a dark contrast, depending on the background. So does
it see it as either grey or black? Who knows for sure.